Ammar Houas

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Ammar Houas is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ammar Houas has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 48 papers in Materials Chemistry and 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ammar Houas's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (47 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (39 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (15 papers). Ammar Houas is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (47 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (39 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (15 papers). Ammar Houas collaborates with scholars based in Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and France. Ammar Houas's co-authors include Hinda Lachheb, C. Guillard, Jean-Marie Herrmann, Mohamed Ksibi, Elimame Elaloui, E. Puzenat, Abdessalem Hamrouni, Mohamed Faouzi Nsib, Francesco Parrino and Leonardo Palmisano and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Langmuir and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Ammar Houas

91 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Photocatalytic degradation pathway of methylene blue in water

2001 2.5k citations Ammar Houas profile →
Photocatalytic degradation of various types of dyes (Alizarin S, Crocein Orange G, Methyl Red, Congo Red, Methylene Blue) in water by UV-irradiated titania

2002 1.4k citations Hinda Lachheb, Ammar Houas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ammar Houas Tunisia	34	4.8k	3.8k	1.2k	1.1k	770	92	7.0k
Giuseppe Marcı̀ Italy	51	6.4k 1.3×	5.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	925 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	137	8.8k
Vincenzo Vaiano Italy	49	5.3k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	742 1.0×	241	7.4k
S. Girish Kumar India	34	5.1k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.5×	846 0.8×	536 0.7×	75	7.0k
Karthikeyan Sekar India	40	3.2k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	845 1.1×	153	6.2k
Yutang Liu China	48	5.2k 1.1×	4.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.9×	1.4k 1.2×	540 0.7×	103	8.0k
Alex T. Kuvarega South Africa	42	3.4k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	603 0.8×	176	5.4k
Yun Hu China	45	2.4k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	723 0.9×	143	6.0k
Adriana Zaleska‐Medynska Poland	51	6.1k 1.3×	5.9k 1.6×	1.9k 1.6×	617 0.5×	705 0.9×	208	9.4k
Sihui Zhan China	47	4.5k 0.9×	4.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	1.9k 1.7×	854 1.1×	171	7.8k
Ali Fakhri Iran	51	2.1k 0.4×	2.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	933 1.2×	116	5.4k

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Houas, Ammar, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and characterization of a one-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid mercury chloride: (3-ampyH2)HgCl4 with photoluminescence properties. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1333. 141675–141675. 1 indexed citations

Jellali, Salah, et al.. (2025). Parametric study of cadmium and nickel removal from synthetic and actual industrial wastewater industry by electrocoagulation using solar energy. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 71. 107261–107261. 6 indexed citations

El‐Fattah, Wesam Abd, et al.. (2024). Novel composite from chitosan and a metal-organic framework for removal of tartrazine dye from aqueous solutions; adsorption isotherm, kinetic, and optimization using Box-Benkhen design. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 273(Pt 1). 133015–133015. 43 indexed citations

Houas, Ammar, et al.. (2024). Synergy between activated carbon and ZnO: a powerful combination for selective adsorption and photocatalytic degradation. Materials Advances. 5(4). 1667–1675. 9 indexed citations

Benito, Mónica, Elı́es Molins, K. Khirouni, et al.. (2023). A new zero-dimensional (0D) hybrid bismuth (III) halide: Synthesis, crystal structure, thermal analysis, photophysical properties and DFT calculations. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1298. 137040–137040. 7 indexed citations

Turnbull, Mark M., Thierry Roisnel, Ahlem Guesmi, et al.. (2023). Crystal Chemistry, Optic and Magnetic Characterizations of a New Copper Based Material Templated by Hexahydrodiazepine. ACS Omega. 8(17). 15075–15082. 3 indexed citations

Althumayri, Khalid, Ahlem Guesmi, Wesam Abd El‐Fattah, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Adsorption and Evaluation of Tetracycline Removal in an Aquatic System by Modified Silica Nanotubes. ACS Omega. 8(7). 6762–6777. 21 indexed citations

Mhadhbi, Noureddine, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus-substitution effect on the phase stabilization, electrical and spectroscopic properties of LAMOX-based electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cells. RSC Advances. 13(43). 30168–30175. 1 indexed citations

Fernandes, Mariana, V. de Zea Bermudez, Mohamed Faouzi Nsib, et al.. (2022). Chitosan-based electrolytes containing carbon nanotube-titanium dioxide for energy conversion devices applications. Iranian Polymer Journal. 31(10). 1197–1208. 4 indexed citations

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Nsib, Mohamed Faouzi, Luis Cardenas, C. Guillard, et al.. (2020). Surface and Electronic Features of Fluorinated TiO₂ and Their Influence on the Photocatalytic Degradation of 1-Methylnaphthalene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(21). 11456–11468. 35 indexed citations

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Nsib, Mohamed Faouzi, Yves Chevalier, C. Guillard, et al.. (2020). Pickering Emulsions of Fluorinated TiO₂: A New Route for Intensification of Photocatalytic Degradation of Nitrobenzene. Langmuir. 36(45). 13545–13554. 31 indexed citations

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Nsib, Mohamed Faouzi, Yves Chevalier, C. Guillard, et al.. (2019). Photocatalytic Degradation Enhancement in Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Solid Particles of Bare TiO₂. Langmuir. 35(6). 2129–2136. 51 indexed citations

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Pons, Marie‐Noëlle, et al.. (2018). Exergo-environmental life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from mutton tallow transesterification. Renewable Energy. 127. 74–83. 32 indexed citations

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Lachheb, Hinda, et al.. (2017). Electron transfer in ZnO–Fe₂O₃aqueous slurry systems and its effects on visible light photocatalytic activity. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(18). 4041–4047. 39 indexed citations

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Sboui, Mouheb, Mohamed Faouzi Nsib, Ali Rayes, M. Swaminathan, & Ammar Houas. (2017). TiO 2 –PANI/Cork composite: A new floating photocatalyst for the treatment of organic pollutants under sunlight irradiation. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 60. 3–13. 98 indexed citations

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Hajjaji, Noureddine, Ammar Houas, & M.N. Pons. (2016). Thermodynamic feasibility and life cycle assessment of hydrogen production via reforming of poultry fat. Journal of Cleaner Production. 134. 600–612. 17 indexed citations

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Houas, Ammar, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic performance of W, N, S-tri-doped TiO2 under visible light irradiation. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 18(8). 875–882. 15 indexed citations

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Nsib, Mohamed Faouzi, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and characterization of the hybrid Ni-TiO2/PANI for an efficient hydrogen photoproduction under visible light. 107–117. 2 indexed citations

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Nsib, Mohamed Faouzi, et al.. (2014). Doping level effect on visible-light irradiation W-doped TiO2–anatase photocatalysts for Congo red photodegradation. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 17(7-8). 818–823. 35 indexed citations

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Rtimi, Sami, R. Sanjinés, C. Pulgarín, et al.. (2013). Coupling of narrow and wide band-gap semiconductors on uniform films active in bacterial disinfection under low intensity visible light: Implications of the interfacial charge transfer (IFCT). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 260. 860–868. 28 indexed citations

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